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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
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That bastard and the rest of the Star Trek people here! They got me watching Star Trek because of their damn memes. They were often funny even without context, what can I say?
I had literally never watched it before. I've now gone through TOS, TNG, Voyager, Lower Decks (save the last season), and I'm over halfway through DS9. Mother fuckers assimilated me... and I'm ok with it
Genuinely? You have no idea how glad I am to hear that. I mean that's a whole lot of Trek to watch, damn. When you did fall to our invasive efforts?
Yup, got the wife on board too lol. We both love Sci-Fi, but neither of us ever watched it. And then suddenly, we had an enormous pool of great sci-fi to watch! We started probably around October, 2023
I had posted this on !risa@startrek.website around that time
So what you're telling me is that I had a hand in your infection... mwahahahaha. No but for real. I fucking love Star Trek and by now you clearly know why. You've seen everything the shows have to offer. And no matter whether they're "good" or "bad", they all have some hope to give or moral to tell or journey to go on. They're awesome. I'm glad that someone else has shared in the joy of that too. Just... give Discovery a chance despite what you've heard.. New shows, fans get salty... Make up your own mind on if you like it. But I will say that like every Trek show, first season is a bit rocky...
I do plan on watching Discovery, despite what I've heard, because I still love the premise of it all, at the end of the day. I already know the first season will be rough... but idk, if I can get through season one of DS9 (and let's be honest, season 2 as well), I think I'll get into it. Cause by season 3 of DS9, it started to slap and felt like good 'ol space again, and I started to love it for it's own flavor. So I'm optimistic and persistent enough lol
But yeah, it's the best thing Lemmy has given to me because I'm more than officially hooked. Hell, my text ringtone is the TOS intercom tone and my wife has a Janeway popsocket on her phone (There's a right way, a wrong way, and the Janeway). We have TOS on blueray and I'm planning on hitting up the library for the rest... y'all got us pretty good, to say the least lmao But we appreciate it